VirulenceFinder for Enterococcus faecium and Enterococcus lactis : an enhanced database for detection of putative virulence markers by using whole-genome sequencing data

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ABSTRACT Enterococcus faecium ( Efm ) is a leading cause of hospital-associated (HA) infections, often enriched in putative virulence markers (PVMs). Recently, the Efm clade B was assigned as Enterococcus lactis ( Elts ), which usually lack HA- Efm infection markers. Available databases for extracting PVM are incomplete and/or present an intermix of genes from Efm and Enterococcus faecalis , with distinct...

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